Chaucer: Modern Essays in CriticismEdward Wagenknecht A collection of critical and analytical essays which examine the enduring works of the English classical poet. |
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... things as they were or to things as they ought to have been . It is not unlikely that the critics who have explored in these various directions would be found in agreement on one com- monplace , a metaphor which some of them indeed have ...
... things as they were or to things as they ought to have been . It is not unlikely that the critics who have explored in these various directions would be found in agreement on one com- monplace , a metaphor which some of them indeed have ...
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... things , however , are more significant than these trifles ; and one of them can easily be overlooked . Harry Bailly would not be sensitive to the Pardoner's abomina- tion , but the gentles were . And their swift outcry- But right anon ...
... things , however , are more significant than these trifles ; and one of them can easily be overlooked . Harry Bailly would not be sensitive to the Pardoner's abomina- tion , but the gentles were . And their swift outcry- But right anon ...
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... things because they are foreordained , events are surely destined to happen ; and therefore ( 2 ) man has no free ... thing as free will . Lady Philosophy assures him that there is . The speaker then proceeds to oppose this idea with the ...
... things because they are foreordained , events are surely destined to happen ; and therefore ( 2 ) man has no free ... thing as free will . Lady Philosophy assures him that there is . The speaker then proceeds to oppose this idea with the ...
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